Hi Jacosh welcome to bb 😊

No need to feel stupid you're not at all. You have stuff going on in your life no doubt and new to this site. Absolutely no probs.

If you scroll back to the first post on this thread Sophie has done a detailed clear post explaining how to make a new thread.

If you have any problems please don't hesitate to return and ask questions, here people are treated with respect and no judgement, we get it.

Wishing you all the best matey 🖐

Hi all

How to I log out of the Beyond Blue forums? I seem to be permanently logged on and it’s eating up all my data. Please help.

Thanks Jojo

Hi Jojo ☺

Where you log in is where you log out.

Probs depends on what device. If you tap the menu and scroll down further to the visit our forums section it should have the option to log out.

Give us a hola if any probs

Thanks Deebs

I am using my phone. I ended up switching it off and that did the trick! Couldn’t see anywhere else to log off like you mentioned.

Cheers Jojo

Pleasure Jojo ☺

On my ph; its on the L side next to the home Icon. The hamburger menu with 3 horizontal little bars.

It's good turning it off closed it.

Hi jojo.

Where you press the purple visit our forums button its directly under it.

Cheers lynne

Thanks Lynne

I see where you are now. I just hadn’t scrolled down enough. Silly me!

Hope you are well.

Jojo

Hi jojo.

Its like when your in a shop and you ask for help finding something and your staring at it all along, i do that alot😅.

Thankyou im ok. Your you and poppy are well😊🐾.

While im on here does anyone know why the cancel button never works?

Cheers lynne

Hello CKS..

Welcome to BB...

If you go back to home...then press “All threads”...then press on “Welcome and Orinantation”....you’ll find the new thread button on the right hand side....

I hope I’ve helped you some...

Kind thoughts...

Grandy...💜🤗..

Hi all.

There needs to be a new section on forms called mixed bag for people whos posts dont fit in one category. I get confused alot trying to figure out which section im meant to post in. Cheers lynne

Dear Lynne~

I can well understand the problem,and I'm not sure these is one answer that fits every situation, many threads deal with more than one thing - anxiety and depression often go together as an example.

There are however couple of things that one can bear in mind:

Can I suggest it is the thread title that is the key. If others can see in just a few words the main thrust of your post it will attract those who are able to relate. After all it will be listed in new posts irrespective of what section it is in.

The other thing of course is sometimes a thread is very obviously in the wrong section,in which case you could "Report Post" your post and ask to see if admin would consider moving it to anther section. I'm not sure that is done very often but may be worth an ask if you find things are completely of of place.

I hope this is of some help. Readers and admin here are pretty forgiving and in any case wish to make things as easy for you as they can and ensure you get the best result possible.

Croix

Hi all

sorry if this has been asked and answered already...

Is there a way I can “follow” a thread? There are some threads I find useful or interesting however don’t want to or can’t comment on them. I’d like a way to find these threads again so I can keep reading over it. I can see by commenting the thread appears under the “my threads” area..

thanks

Bella

Hi bella.

Great question. You can type in the topic in the search area and try find them. But im sure theres much easier ways someone knows. Cheers lynne

Hi Nervybella,

This is a great question - thank you for asking it. I think this is coming in the new platform so hopefully they'll be a very easy way to do this!

The other option that you could consider is to bookmark the thread in your browser. That way you can click on the thread whenever you like, but there's no pressure to type anything if you don't want to.

RT

hi,

so i am currently in year 12, my hsc is coming in 3 weeks. i have one job that i have been working at for almost a year and have recently been hired by another company. i never realised how hard having two jobs is and i am getting anxiety because of how much i stress and worry. i worry that i wont have enough time to study, also some employees at the new job aren’t very nice. i constantly stress and get really bad anxiety about going to my shifts at my new job. my sisters say i should keep both jobs because of the money id make, however my mum says i should quit the new job because the employer doesnt pay properly and i am frequently stressed which is preventing me from studying efficiently. i dont know what i should do so if anyone could help id appreciate it a lot.

Dear sezisstressed~

I'll try to say a few words to you here but by rights you should have your own thread -this here is one for technical questions, not about people.

If you are unsure how to make your own thread see the very first post in this FAQ thread here, Sophie_M explains what to do

(If you get stuck sing out)

OK, now for your circumstances: it looks to me like you are trying to get everything done you possibly can in your life, HSC for oyur future plus 2 jobs for the money.

If I had to choose I'd say anything that made your HSC more difficult should be shelved for a while, and if your mum agrees then I guess that might be a pretty good indicator.

Getting stressed right when you need study time and concentration seems to me to be counter-productive. I found HSC hard enough to need my full attention plus study.

If cash gets short can your mum help out -or even your sister?

It sounds like I'm telling you waht to do, I"m not, just trying to put myself back in time in your shoes and see the priorities - you may well disagree, or have other factors to consider we have not talked abut.

I'd like to know what you think (preferably in a new thread)

When you do make a new thread give some thought to the title as that is what lets people know what to expect.

I hope to hear from you soon

Croix (who did not enjoy HSC either but got there in the end)

Hi.

was trying to reply to someones thread and theres no reply button for some reason?

Lynne

Hi Helium 😊

I'm not sure whats happening but you could report the post.

Top line across to the Right.

Hope you get it sorted ☺

Lynne,

I know there are no reply buttons if I am not logged in. That is what I have noticed but maybe different for you.

Quirky

Hi demonblaster and quirky.

Im always logged in. Its in the welcome and orientation section starting with lets be honest. It has a little lock type symbol next to it, i dont know what that means, have i been blocked from that thread, ive never written on it before.

Cheers lynne

Dear Lynne

Some threads are locked so you cannot add a new post. They do not have a reply button underneath the posts but do have a padlock on the listing in ALL POSTS, NEW POSTS or MY THREADS.

The thread you are talking about

Let's be honest: Does this forum help you or do you at times feel alienated?

is one of these, another example is

Forums / Welcome and orientation / Introducing...the community champions

Does that help?

Croix

Ho croix.

Thanks im still confused though. Why is there the locked thing put on so more cant reply? I read the lets be honest thread the other day and didnt get round to replying but went to reply today and noticed it.

Cheers lynne

Hi Lynne

The reason the lock symbol is on some threads is due to the moderators closing off the particular thread for a number of various reasons

Even Croix and myself (or anyone member or Champion) cant respond to it. Those threads have been closed as per the moderators decision for any reason they see fit.

kindest always

Paul

Dear Lynne

I guess there's a moral buried inside that. Mañana has a downside:)

I do not know why it is locked. If you want to talk to a particular person you can try elsewhere by Googling them -e.g:

Croix beyondblue forum

Will get you a few hits:)

Croix

Hi,

There's been some great and helpful responses here about why the thread has been locked.

I just thought that I would add that if you scroll down to the bottom of the post you'll always see a message why it's been locked. Sometimes it's because the question isn't appropriate for the forums, it's gone too far off track, there's double questions etc etc.

With the let's be honest thread, Sophie M decided to lock it because the responses were all much the same and the original poster (Jennifer) had already decided that Beyond Blue wasn't going to be helpful for her.

Hope this gives some clarity and thank you for your question :)